ROTHLEY Imperial could be thrown out of the Leicestershire Senior Cup after naming an ineligible player on their team sheet.

Before the second round game against Lutterworth Athletic recently the Rothley management team of Daz Barber and Ant Barrett got lost trying to find Athletic’s ground.

They claim that to try and save time one of the club’s backroom staff filled in the official team sheet with who he believed would be in the team for the game which included the name of a player who was suspended for the tie.

On arriving at the ground the managerial pair realised the error and left the suspended player out of the squad for the start of the match that Rothley won 1-0.

However, with the suspended player’s name on the official teamsheet they are now under investigation from the Leicestershire and Rutland FA and their scheduled third round tie against Ibstock United has been suspended.

“We’ve been totally honest about this and we’re waiting to hear from the FA,” said Barber.